[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[S. 4090 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4090

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to reimburse State and local law enforcement agencies 
     for any expenditures or compensation of personnel and use or 
    consumption of materials and facilities, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 6, 2006

 Ms. Landrieu introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL



     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to reimburse State and local law enforcement agencies 
     for any expenditures or compensation of personnel and use or 
    consumption of materials and facilities, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LAW ENFORCEMENT REIMBURSEMENT.

    Section 621(e) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5197(e)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The Director'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) In general.--The Administrator''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Law enforcement exception.--To the extent that funds 
        are available, the Administrator may reimburse the Department 
        of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, for any payment made 
        by the Bureau of Justice Assistance to a law enforcement agency 
        of a State or local government for expenditures or compensation 
        of personnel and use or consumption of materials and facilities 
        by that law enforcement agency in an area in which the 
        President declared a major disaster during the period of such 
        declaration.''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) In General.--The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 204(b) (42 U.S.C. 5134(b)), by striking 
        ``Director'' and inserting ``Administrator'';
            (2) in section 303(b) (42 U.S.C. 5144(b)), by striking 
        ``Director'' each place that term appears and inserting 
        ``Administrator'';
            (3) in section 326(c)(3) (42 U.S.C. 5165d(c)(3)), by 
        striking ``Director'' and inserting ``Administrator'';
            (4) in section 404(b) (42 U.S.C. 5170c(b)), by striking 
        ``Director'' each place that term appears and inserting 
        ``Administrator'';
            (5) in section 406 (42 U.S.C. 5172), by striking 
        ``Director'' each place that term appears and inserting 
        ``Administrator'';
            (6) in section 602(a) (42 U.S.C. 5195a(a))--
                    (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ``Director'' and 
                inserting ``Administrator''; and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(7) Administrator.--The term `Administrator' means the 
        Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.'';
            (7) in sections 603 through 613, as amended by this Act, 
        (42 U.S.C. 5195b et seq.), by striking ``Director'' each place 
        that term appears and inserting ``Administrator'';
            (8) in sections 616 and 621 (42 U.S.C. 5196f and 5197), by 
        striking ``Director'' each place that term appears and 
        inserting ``Administrator'';
            (9) in section 622 (42 U.S.C. 5197a)--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``Director'' 
                each place that term appears and inserting 
                ``Administrator'';
                    (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``Director'' and 
                inserting ``Administrator''; and
                    (C) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) by striking ``Director'' the first 
                        place that term appears and inserting 
                        ``Administrator''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``Director of the Federal 
                        Emergency Management Agency'' each place that 
                        term appears and inserting ``Administrator'';
            (10) in sections 623 and 624 (42 U.S.C. 5197b and 5197c), 
        by striking ``Director'' each place that term appears and 
        inserting ``Administrator''; and
            (11) in section 629 (42 U.S.C. 5197h), by striking 
        ``Director'' each place that term appears and inserting 
        ``Administrator''.
    (b) References.--Any reference to the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency in an amendment made by this Act shall be 
considered to refer and apply to the Director of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency until March 31, 2007.
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